Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-03-31

steduy increase OF patronage,
year after year, from Missouri
and from other states i'm the
south and west, is in the high
est degree gratifying to its
friends, and furnishes abundant
evidence that the thinking pub
lie appreciates the great work
that is being done by Hardin
College.
The College is located at Mex
leo, the county seat of Audrain
county, at the crossing of two
great trunk lines of railroad. the
Chicago and Alton and the Wa
bash, st. Louis and Pacific.
The college grounds, over ten
acres in area, covered with beau
tifnl shade trees and evergreens,
afford ample facilities for out
door exercise, in pleasant wealth
er. The college building is a
handsome structure, recently
built of solid masonry; in the
most workmanlike style. As a
specimen of splendid architec-
ture, arranged with special ref
erence to the safety, comfort and
convenience of a College Home,
it stands without a rival. The
dormitories are large, with high
ceilings, and are furnished with
ample facilities for ventilation
They are handsomely equipped
with new furniture. The floors
are covered with elegant Brus.
sells or ingram carpets.
Plans are on foot for the erec.
ton Of new dormitories, a new
public hall, and for putting wa.
ter in the building, with bath
rooms and closets. The entire
building is to be lighted with
incandescent electric light.
THE SOIL OF AUDRAIN COUNTY
Audrain County was settled
in 1929 and organized in 1886
has an area of 600 1-2 square
miles, or AL 1927 acres, 1t is 10.
Gated on the great divide be
tween the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers, lying squarely il
the path of empire and trans
continental travel, a mean alti
tude of $50 feet above the tides
gives tone and variety to the at
mosphere and the equable mean
Of temperature.
The natural drainage of the
county is excellent and a higl
average ofhealth obtains, among
men, animals and plants. The
water supply of this county il
ample and admirable, Salt Riv
er, Hickory, Youngs, Cuivre
Loutre, Sanders, Cedar, Sever
Mile, Skull Lick, Sailing Lick
Long Elm, Littleby, Five Mile
Little Scull Lick. Goodwater
Short Beaver Dam, Hazel
Johns Possum, Maye's Fish
Brushy, Big and Pisgah Greeks
traverse every portion of the
county. Springs are numerous
and water for domestic purposes
plentiful. The county is wei
supplied with timber, such as
oak, ash, elm, walnut, butternut
sycamore, blackberry, maple
cherry, mulberry, box, elder
hickory, linden, DC. There arr
frequent outcroppings of Goa
and several mines are being nov
developed near Mexico, a supe
rior article of coal is taken out
in a new mine only "a of a mile
from our Court House, and a su
perior quarry of white sandstone
has recently been opened neal
our county seat
The soils of Audrain county
are developing elements of pro
ductive wealth which are q sur
prise to even many of the Older
farmers. Seventy-five per cent
of the entire county is a dark
friable, alluvial soil, from one tc
three feet deep; rich in humas
very easily handled and produ
ces fine crops of corn, oats, flax
rye, broom corn, sorghum, veg
etables and grasses. The OAK
and hickory soil of the principal
woodlands is a shade lighter in
color and holds a good per cent
of lime and magnesia, carbonate
of lime, phosphate silica, aiu'
nina, &c, and produces fine
crops of wheat, clover, tobacco
and fruits. and the valleys and
bottom lands are covered with
deposit of black, imperishable
alluvial from three to eight feet